doughnuts!

When I saw this poster, besides laughing, I remembered how much I love a good doughnut (or donut, I never know which word to use). When I was living in NY (*sigh*) I got my fair share and tried a lot of them but my favourites were, by far, the ones from the Brooklyn Flea - DOUGH.

They are SO good. Fluffy, airy and so tasty. Please Universe, send one my way!
Look how happy I am:) (I look terrible, but oh-joy!)

Especially when you get to eat them here:

Have a lovely week every one!

chocolate + salted caramel

Have you looked at them?!

Wow, I have to bake these beauties soon. I love dark chocolate with sea salt so this mix with salted caramel I am sure is wonderful!
Take a look at the full post here.

the food talk - what I miss

In Portugal, we have all this conversation about our food being awesome and everyone loving it but for me it is not the case. I don't like it very much because it is too heavy and always has loads of meat or fish. The two things I do not eat. The only thing vegetarian in the portuguese menu is the omelette. And, be careful, if you don't say anything it might come with shrimp or sausage. Yep, it has happened.

Every Portuguese that goes abroad always carries with him food. He cannot help it. Luggage with smell of cod, chourizo and smoked ham is completely normal.
Well, I, that never eat traditional portuguese food, don't miss those types of things.

And yes, there are vegetables and fruit in the USA dad... :) Very good, actually. I am eating the same things I eat there. The supermarket is not only frozen food aisles.

But (there is always a but, right?) there are some things (not necessarily portuguese) I can't find here that I miss. A LOT.

1. First and foremost the best cereals in the world - Jordans Cereals. This english brand makes the best cereal in the world. Seriously. If you can get your hands on a packet, get it. (And bring it to meeeeeee.)

2. The yoghurt that goes perfectly with the Jordans. The creamy lemon Adagio, in the glass container. 125g.

3. The "palha" fries. "Palha" means straw. It comes from them being very very small fries. When I went to the portuguese supermarket I wanted these more than anything but couldn't find them... I'll look better next time.

I use these to make this:

This is leek "Brás-style". The original recipe is with cod, I make it with leek and it is even better. Leek, "palha fries", egg (almost raw like in the original italian carbonara), olives and parsley. In 15 minutes max you have this. Tcha-raaaaaam.

4. Simples cookies. The ones made with flour, water and salt. That's it.

If you need my address to send me these lovely things, let me know ;)

love

Maria Ana

Great stuff around the blogworld

I am finally getting back to the blogworld after almost two weeks away! I have some changes in mind so stay tuned :)

For now, just take a look at what I found interesting in my blogroll.

from here

w.o.w.!

a simple and chic outfit

I love a good bracelet festival

Have a great sunday!

love, maria ana

:)

peixe em lisboa - lisbon fish & flavours

From the 12th until the 22nd, if your in Lisbon, you can't miss this fish festival, that combines the best fish and seafood with the best chefs in town.

As always I went on the very first day, and as always I forgot to take pictures before I started eating...

For the ones that know me, this is one of the few occasions where I don't keep my vegetarianism.

More info here: http://www.peixemlisboa.com/ (in pt).

Têm mesmo de ir, nunca recomendo o suficiente! É tudo óptimo, vemos os chefes em acção e ainda há uma espécie de feirinha, cheia de produtos regionais da melhor qualidade, a um preço mais amigo que nas lojas gourmet e afins :)

     

Stripes and muffins

As I told you the day I chopped my hair off, I bought this cute H&M dress. A bit tight on my swimmer's ribcage (hope it looses a bit, ah!) but just perfect everywhere else, I feel it is that kind of dress with which you can go to work in, go out or just take a walk around town. And, as everything H&M, really inexpensive :-)

This day I decided to let my curls take control...what do you think?

I also baked some lemon muffins, they were delicious by the way! 

If you want to try them, here is the recipe:

1 cup self-rasing flour

1/2 cup brown sugar

1 egg

1/5 cup olive oil

zest of 1/2 lemon

juice of 1/2 lemon

1/5 cup warm water

salt as needed

Just mixed everything up, oven for 20 minutes at 180ºC, et voilà. Light, healthy, delicious :)

If you try them, let me know!

Dress: H&M

Shoes: Comptoir des Cotonniers

Le Petit Bistrot

It's a saturday and I head for a new restaurant/bar/café in town.

As soon as I enter the place reveals itself as charming and very welcoming. A chalkboard wall tells me what the day menu is. Very french choices to choose from (and at least one vegetarian) but I decided to go for the fixed brunch menu. Again, very french;) Wide choice of cheeses and cold meats, very good bread, scrambled eggs, croissant (warm! hmm...), fruit, a hot drink, juice... I couldn't eat all of it, I recommend you go with a very empty stomach.

The service is great and the owners are so charming and nice that you just want to stay there all afternoon.

The decoration and music give that extra touch to an already cute place.

If you are in Lisbon please save these: Facebook page, Website (under construction).

Address: Rua do Almada, 29 - Bairro Alto - Bica, Lisbon, Portugal

Everyday treat

I have one addiction...

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Do you have any addiction(s)? Only good ones:-)

Random Pictures

It has been raining a lot here, so it is not possible to photograph anything interesting...
At least we get to wear a trench!

And because it was HUGE, here is my tuesday's lunch, from the restaurant nood :

I did eat everything but i didn't drink the soup water! 

(note the size of the fork for size comparison)

Vertigo Café

Almoço de domingo com a mãe.

Sunday lunch with mom.